The main complexity is if you want to participate in federation. We should be able to produce a turn-key solution that just boots up and runs for local waves.
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 19:48, Rasmus Scholer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 3, 3:45 pm, Alex North <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 3 September 2010 21:11, ThomasWrobel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Wave In a Box looks fantastic and should make it easier to "get into >> > wave". >> > I really appreciate the work done by the team, and this should really >> > help the community take over from the excellent work Google has done >> > so far. >> >> > Just one question; What exactly will be the distribution of >> > WiaB....some sort of pre-setup Linux bundle of software? (ie, an XMPP >> > server+WFP extension+mongo etc) >> > Getting all the configuration right for FedOne got quite confusing, >> > especially for federation, so I'm hoping this will be a little >> > easier :) >> >> Great question. We definitely hope to produce something like you describe >> (maybe you can help?) but we haven't nailed it down yet. The federation >> setup is complex, though some of that seems unavoidable. Note that WIAB will >> be useful for small organisations even without federation, and indeed >> already you can run FedOne without configuring that. >> >> Alex >> > > It seems quite clear to me that with the whole setup being so complex, > an obvious distribution package would be a ready-to-use virtual > machine template. This would by far be the easiest way to get > functional systems up and running - and with most systems having the > same basis, bug-tracking would be so much easier and consistent. Of > course, other formats should also be available, but a ready-to-deploy > VM would certainly be the easiest and most trouble-free. Nowadays most > sysadmins have access to virtual hosts, and many regular users would > even be able to test it from their desktop virtualization software. > > I recommend you contact the experts at TurnkeyLinux (backed by > SourceForge) for advice and guidance on how to setup and distribute VM > templates --- i'm fairly confident they would be delighted to have a > Wave-in-a-Box appliance in their line-up and be eager to help with the > setup and even distribution. > > /Rasmus. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Wave Protocol" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wave-protocol?hl=en. > > -- Anthony Baxter, [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Wave Protocol" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wave-protocol?hl=en.
